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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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